Iqbal Ahmed Ansari, J.

1. This revision has arisen out of the judgment and order, dated 17.2.1997, passed, in Criminal Appeal No. 54 of 1996, by the learned Sessions Judge, Kamrup, dismissing the appeal and upholding the judgment and order, dated 4.10.1996, passed, in CR Case No. 999 of 1993, by the learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Kamrup, Guwahati, convicting the accused-petitioner under Section 16(1)(a)(i) read with Section 7 of the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (hereinafter referred to as the PFA Act) and sentencing him to suffer rigorous imprisonment for three months and pay a fine of Rs. 1,000/-

2. The case of the prosecution, as unfolded at the trial, may, in brief, be stated as follows:

On 16-07-1993, on receipt of information, Sri R.P. Barua, Executive Magistrate, Guwahati, requisitioned the service of Sri Khagendra Nath Goswami, Food Inspector, whereupon the said Food Inspector (PW1), accompanied the said Executive Magistrate, visited the premised of M/s. Mausumi Enterprise, situated at Fatasil Ambari, Guwahati. The accused-petitioner, who was present at the said premises, introduced himself as proprietor thereof. At the said premises, sweetened Carbonated Wa